Complete Clue List
Across
1. Stepped, like a bowler marking out his run-up
4. Somewhat daffy, creatures a batsman has achieved by being dismissed for zero more than once
7. Value of a single in cricket; ___ run
8. South African Test player; First initial (indefinite article), surname (a foyer - 4 letters)
9. Quotient or figure to describe runs scored per wicket lost
10. Sounds like a tennis shot, the type of delivery a dropper bowler would deliver
11. Plant associated with Christmas or first name of Australian female Test player Ferling
14. What a bowler does to a batsman when he slides a full length ball under the bat onto the stumps
17. Player making his first Test appearance is said to be on ___
20. Alternate name for a partnership
23. Acronym for the Oceanic region controlled by the Internat. Cricket Council; ICC ___
24. Vigour and/or enthusiasm
25. Country that is home to the Wankhede Stadium and Eden Gardens
26. The batsman, in the middle, not facing the bowler is called the ___-striker
27. West Yorkshire city that is home to the Headingley Cricket Ground
28. They germinate but they're also informal names for balls delivered by a bowler (Plural)
Down
1. Stone fruit used to describe an extraordinary ball delivered by a bowler
2. On all fours or description of a very slow scoring rate
3. US country singer Parton or a catch that is extremely easy
4. City that is home to the County Cricket Ground in England
5. (Supply) What the home team does for the opposition food wise
6. Risky shots played by batters, usually across the line, to score quickly (Plural)
12. Awarded, by Queen Elizabeth II, to Richie Benaud for services to cricket in 1961 (Acronym)
13. Australian cricket umpire, officiated in the first ever One Day International; ___ Rowan
15. When a batsman is dismissed he is said to be ___
16. First name of English Test cricketer Barrington
17. Superstitious Australians believe that 87 (13 short of 100) belongs to which demon
18. Australian batsman, scored 101 in his first Test in 1951; Jim ___
19. Once you've scored more than 12 runs but less than 20, you're said to be in the ___
20. Rotations, actions that balls take when revolutions are imparted on them (Plural)
21. Confuse or fuddle, something that spin bowlers can do to batsmen
22. Matches that are not won, lost or tied are called ___ (Plural)